Agenda

	US Delegation to Europe, 2002: Internet Technology and Schools Agenda Working Groups Delegation Members London Briefing Materials Paris Briefing Materials Brussels Briefing Materials Bonn Briefing Materials Sponsor Background Information US Education System Review Trip Report #1: Government Demand/Resource for Education Technology/ICT Trip Report #2: Assessing ICT's Educational Impact Trip Report #3: Standards & Accessibility - SIF, SCORM, IMS, GEM, etc. Trip Report #4: As a Member of the European Delegation of CoSN Trip Photos

Saturday, October 5, 2002
London

Arrival on various flights at 6:55, 7.10 and 7.50 AM of Keith Krueger, William Gilcher, Robert Nelson, Carole Nelson, James Hirsch, James Bosco, Larry Snowhite, Donna Somma, Marsha Kuszmaul. Prescott Caballero, Ann Flynn & Doug Simon. NOTE: Everyone will wait at airport for a 7:50 shuttle transfer. Look for a sign at 7:50 with our names on it as you exit from Immigration/Customs.

Transfer to Kingsway Hall Hotel, Great Queen St. London WC2B Tel.4420 73090909 FAX 44 20 73099696

Rest of day at leisure

Sunday, October 6, 2002
London

Morning at leisure

(NOTE: Kathy Hurley arrives on AA at 10:00 at Gatwick. Eric Hamilton arrives on United Flight 920 at 19.10PM at Heathrow. Both transferred to Hotel.)

14:45 Please be in Hotel Lobby for Departure from Kingsway Hall Hotel

15:30 Orientation Meeting & High Tea at British Council Headquarters, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN

Review itinerary, meet other delegation members and divide into working groups.

Tea in Board Room, hosted by the British Council, including overview on their key ICT school initiatives

Key Contacts:
David Weidner: 001.202.412.8147
Peter Upton: 207-389-9487 or 790-151-0993 mobile
Marion Cattini: 207-389-4491

18:00 Depart back to Kingsway Hall Hotel

Monday, October 7, 2002
London

(NOTE: Anita Givens and Cheryl Williams arrive at 05:55AM and take local transportation to Kingsway Hall Hotel.)

NOTE: All breakfasts are included and provided at our hotels. Please allow adequate time to eat before the departure time.

8:30 Meet in lobby with our tour escort Suzanne Hartley. Depart for Accord Rooms, on 20 Great Peter Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 2BU

9:30 Welcome to the Department for Education & Skills & Introduction to the NGfL by Doug Brown. Programme Manager for Curriculum Online as well as Divisional Manager

Key Contacts:
Edward Wagstaff: 020 7273 4898 direct - 07867 988323 mobile
Doug Brown: 011 44 207 273 4915

10:15 Coffee

10:30 Presentation and demonstration of Curriculum Online, followed by Q&As

11:15 Presentation on recent research in the field of ICT in Schools (including the impact of ICT on attainment), followed by Q&As

Owen McConnell, Research & Sustainability Team Leader, ICT in Schools Division, DfES

Walk to lunch hosted by Plato/NetSchools at Jolly St. Ermine's Hotel Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QW Tel: 020 7222 7888

Special Guest John Curley, Deputy Superintendent From Glasgow, Scotland who will discuss ICT Project

14:15 Presentation on ICT in Schools Test Bed - Pilot Project of "clusters" of schools, and software sharing. Mark Grundy, Head Teacher Shirelands Language College.

14:55 Presentation on Home-School Links and GridClub. Keith Holder, ICT in Schools Division and Simeon Linstead

15:35 Tea

15:50 Presentation on the Government Numeracy Strategy and links with ICT. Bob Sawyer, Regional Director, Centre for School Standards and Myf Powell.

16:30 Return to hotel

17:45 Depart hotel to The British Airways London Eye

18:50 Walk across street to Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7PB

19:00 Reception in Herbert Morrison Room with Lord David Putnam and other VIPs hosted by DfES and the British Council.

((NOTE: Local company representatives are invited to reception, but not dinner. Attending: Colin Young of Plato; Laurence Fish of Vivendi: Microsoft, TBD; Scholastic, TBD))

20:00 Dinner in the Library Lounge at County Hall.

22:00 Return to Hotel

(Note: Nuala O'Connor Kelly arrives on UA 922 at 20:05 and will have transfer to hotel.)

Tuesday, October 8, 2002
London/Paris

Luggage in lobby by 8:15

8:30 Depart for Accord Rooms, on 20 Great Peter Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 2BU

9:15 Presentation by the BBC on their proposals for the Digital Curriculum.

CLARIFYING NOTE TO CORPORATE SPONSORS: The four official corporate representatives on the delegation (Somma, Hurley, Kuszmul and Snowhite) are invited to attend this briefing. However, local company representatives are not to be included.

10:30 Coffee

10:45 Plenary session drawing together the delegation's visit - to include representatives from the British Council, Foreign & Commonwealth Office as well as the DfES

11:30 Depart Ministry of Education for Waterloo Train Station

(NOTE: Lunch on your own. Either purchase food at Waterloo or on Eurostar train)

13:53 Depart on Eurostar second class.

While on the train, Working Groups will meet and work.

17:53 Arrive in Paris

Transfer via bus from Gare du Nord to Vivendi Universal Publishing Headquarters, 31 rue du Colisee 75383, Paris, cedex 08

Key Contact:
Sophie RAUE, at VUP's office: + 33 (0)1 53 53 30 39 or + 33 (0)6 09 90 86 63

18:30 Short welcome speech by Agnes Touraine in VUP's Board meeting Room

18:35 Presentations

• Main subject, the electronic schoolbag by Catherine Lucet and Marie-Françoise Enslen
• Digital databases by Philippe Merlet
• Digital libraries by Nathalie Baudry d'Asson or Minh-Son Nguyen
• Authoring tools, by Speaker TBD

19:30 Aperitif in front of VUP's Board meeting room

20:00 Dinner in VUP's dining room

22:00 Transfer to the Hotel Sofitel Rive Gauche

17 Boulevard St Jacques Paris 14 Tel. 33 1 4078 7980 Fax 33 1 45884393

Wednesday, October 9, 2002
Paris/Brussels

Luggage in Hotel Lobby by 8:15

8:30 Depart Hotel Sofitel Rive Gauche

Transfer to the French Department of Education (101 rue de Grenelle salle Marchand 15è)

Key Contact:
Odile de Chalendar: +33 (0)1 55 55 80 06 Secrétariat +33 (0)1 55 55 80 32

9:30 Arrival at the FDE

• General overview of the FDE's policy

  Emmanuel Pasquier counsellor of the minister
  Daniel Vitry, Délégué aux relations internationales et à la coopération French Embassy
  Ministry of foreign affairs

• Presentation of French IT Policy
• Overview of national educational projects and Policy

  Clara Danon, deputy director for ICT in Education
  Gilles Braun head of unit technology
  Odile de Chalendar international affairs, technology department
  Marie-Christine Milot project manager

12:30 Lunch at FDE sponsored by VUP

14:00 Transfer to the French National Library, Quai François Mauriac Paris 13 ème

Afternoon: French National Library visit, welcome to the Tolbiac multimedia area given by François JuHel (Head of Education at the FNL) including a presentation on the FNL's projects and its partnership with the FDE.

Jacques Seris deputy Director for Technology will open also the session.

Representative from the Délégation aux relations internationales pour la coopération will be Sylvie Christophe deputy head of Unit Bureau des Amériques and M. Dalmeau Sous directeur. Members of Embassy of France and United States will also attend.

16:45 Transfer to the Gare du Nord

17:55 Departure to Brussels (Thalys) Train TGV 9453 2nd class tickets

While on train working groups will meet.

19:20 Arrival in Brussels Midi. Transfer from Train Station to Hotel NH City Center Chaussee de Charleroi 17 Brussels Tel. 32 2 5390160 fax 32 2 5379011. Coach will meet the group outside the station.

NOTE: Dinner on your own.

Thursday, October 10, 2002
Brussels

8:30 Depart Hotel NH City Center

9:00 EUN office then walk to Cabinet offices.

Key Contacts:
EUN Office Tel: +32.2.790.7581

11:00 Cabinet of Commissioner Reding (Education & Culture)

Present: Jean Crauser, Raf Chanterie and representatives of Directions A (Education) et C (Culture, politique audiovisuelle)

Possible guests: Margareta Hauschild, Director, Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes and Martina Müller, Director EU Coordination Office, Brussels

12:00 Return to EUN office

12:30 Transfer via bus for a lunch at Sheraton Hotel, Rogierplein / Place Rogier, 3 -- Sponsored by Microsoft.

14:15 Walk to Koning Albert II-laan 15

14:30 Flemish Ministry of Education

(Host: Jan de Craemer) For the Ministry: Hendrik Consciencegebouw

16:00 Transfer via bus rue de la Science n°15

16:30 Cabinet of Commissioner Liikanen (Information Society)

Present: Marika Lautso and Paul Timmers

17:30 Return via bus to hotel

Dinner on your own or with your Working Group.

Friday, October 11, 2002
Bonn/Cologne

5:45 Luggage in lobby

6:00 departure from Brussels.

(NOTE: A box breakfast will be provided enroute to Bonn to save time.)

10:30 Arrival in Bonn at Deutsche Telekom (the partner with the ministry for the Schulen ans Netz project) Deutsche Telekom Central Office, Room A.0.01,Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140 D-53113 Bonn

Key Contacts:
Andreas Vogel: +49 (1888) 57 3185
Deutsche Telekom reception desk: (02 28) 1 81-0
Maik Lehmann, Director of Schulen ans Netz tel): +49 (228) 910 4869

10:30 Program

Greetings and Introductions
Dr. Andreas Vogel (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Dr. Maik Lehmann (Schulen ans Netz), Dr. William Gilcher (Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes)

Equipping German Schools with Computers and Providing Access to the Internet

• Current situation (Dr. Lehmann)
• The "IT works" Initiative (Mr. Höllen/Mr. Ruhmann)

New Media and Instruction

• New media in education-Teaching and learning software in instruction. (Mr. Hahlen)
• "Infoschul" ("Schoolinfo") (Mr. Koch)
• SEMIK (Mr. Schumacher)

Schulen ans Netz e. V, the German school networking organization

• Organization and Goals (Mr. Münchow)
• "Lehrer-Online" ("Teachers Online") and "lo-net" (Mr. Welskop, Ms. Throm)
• "LeaNet" and "LizzyNet" (Ms. Eichen)

12:30 Lunch

16:00 Departure via bus to Cologne to Crowne Plaza Hotel Habsburgerring 9-13 Tel. 49 221 2280 Fax 49 221 251206

(NOTE: local Microsoft GmbH rep. Kerstin Beutling will ride on bus and join us for dinner.)

19:30 Closing Dinner at Restaurant "Die Keule" Heumarkt 56, D-50667 Cologne (Altstadt/Nord), Tel.: +49 (2 21) 2 58 11 59 hosted by Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes

Saturday, October 12, 2002

(NOTE: Mr. Hamilton departs by train from Cologne to Frankfurt, Ms. Kelly departs to Düsseldorf, and Mr. Gilcher departs on his own.)

Group at leisure in Cologne

Sunday, October 13, 2002

(NOTE: Mr. Bosco has a transfer to airport in Düsseldorf for early flight)

9:00 Remaining group departs from Hotel Lobby to Airport for UA departure at 12:30